re: Good things from yesterdays gamePosted by Brageous on 10/14/13 at 10:14 am to Suntiger

We played well in a lot of aspects. I'm not down on the team. We could run the ball late in the game. Khiry looks good and Stills is contributing and making teams think twice about him. Jenkins is still benefitting a ton from this scheme. May have been Rafael's best game of the season. He was all over the place.

The only thing I didn't like was the 3rd down defense. We seemed to play pretty well on the first two downs and then they would find ways to get past the markers on 3rd down consistently....making for long drives.

I'm not worried. Winning in NE is tough. 5-1 at the bye is solid and with the minor injuries that occured, it's good we have an off week.

After giving up 17 points and 232 yards of offense in the first half, the defense adjusted and allowed just 74 yards until the fateful final 70-yard drive. They sacked Tom Brady five times and allowed just 33 percent of the third-downs they faced to be converted. The offense, held to just seven points and 130 yards in the first half, rang up 231 yards and put up 20 points in the final 30 minutes... ... listen closely to Greer, Collins, Galette and others in the locker room and you hear, through the bitter tone, that their thoughts Sunday were positive, maybe amazingly so considering how the game ended. “I don’t feel like we took a step backward,” Galette said. “It sounds crazy, but I think we took a step forward today. We know who we are as a team.” “The bye week, it woulda been a lot nicer and more enjoyable to go in with a win,” Collins added. “But 5-1 is a pretty good start to this season. We know this team is special.” They’re also humble again, and that’s a dangerous thought for the rest of the league. http://www.wwltv.com/sports/black-and-gold/Humbled-but-resilient-Saints-can-take-plenty-of-positives-from-Sunday-227612231.html

quote:Kenny Stills and Khiry Robinson had big games and scored their first NFL touchdowns.

For rookies, or players who haven't produced much yet they did. But on the whole 63 yards receiving is good, not a big game. 50 yards rushing is good, not a big game though. I agree it was good signs to see them doing well, if only they can be involved more, throughout an entire game instead of just the 4th quarter.

quote:Besides that prevent at the end of the game, the defense played well.

A lot of people are getting this wrong. We rushed 4 and even blitzed on that last drive a few times.